Gov't considers immediate opening for US, EU tourists
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
The ministry recommends that the opening should be implemented in 2020.
“The [Tourism & Hospitality] sector could look at bringing tourists (with negative COVID-19 status) from, say Europe or North America on direct flights into Maun or Kasane, taking them directly out to bush camps, and keeping them in a ‘bubble’ with minimal interaction with other visitors and social distancing with respect to staff,” proposes the draft plan seen by Mmegi.
The statement, whilst some may say, comes a little bit too late, is timely as gender-based violence (GBV) continues to haunt the country. A week hardly passes without reports of a wife, a girlfriend or boyfriend being killed by their intimate partners. Just recently, a high-ranking officer stationed at Glen Valley Barracks reportedly murdered his wife and has so far managed to evade arrest. It is also alleged that another soldier murdered his...